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This happened to me recently. I was in the kitchen and decided, for whatever reason, to stretch. There was a drawer open a few feet away. I held the stretch for
by zarmin 3y ago
This happened to me recently. I was in the kitchen and decided, for whatever reason, to stretch. There was a drawer open a few feet away. I held the stretch for long enough to induce this blackout, and it went almost exactly as you describe. The next thing I remember is a ten second fade-in to awareness: I'm sideways on the floor making gibberish noises and holding the back of my head. The drawer, now above me, was knocked off its rails. As I reflexively got up from fainting, I did not have awareness of the open drawer, and bonked the back of my head on it.
It was an extremely interesting moment of observing conscious awareness that I think about all the time.
- yard2010 3y agoSometimes I can make this happen if I take a long enough breath and keep it in. I kinda like it, doing it only while sitting ofc
- zarmin 3y agoSame for me if I stretch my neck at the correct angle. I kinda like it too, inducing syncope and feeling that awareness drift away, plus the lack of situational awareness while my systems come back online is fascinating.